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A Chemical Display: Generating Animations by Controlled Diffusion from Porous Voxels
Author(s) -
Kalinin Yevgeniy V.,
Pandey Shivendra,
Hong Jinpyo,
Gracias David H.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201500281
Subject(s) - voxel , animation , materials science , diffusion , porosity , computer science , porous medium , biological system , chemical species , artificial intelligence , computer graphics (images) , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , biology , composite material , thermodynamics
The concept of utilizing precisely patterned and chemically loaded 3D porous containers akin to chemical voxels to enable dynamic visual patterns via spatial and temporal control of both local and global chemical release is described. Using numerical simulations and experiments, it is shown how variations in porosity, volume, shape, and relative positioning of the chemical voxels can be used to control the types of images that are formed with control in both space and time. Moving images are generated via controlled chemical release from an array of voxels to create an animation of a running man thereby illustrating proof‐of‐concept for a chemical display.